Mortality and survival of African Penguins Spheniscus demersus involved in the Apollo Sea oil spill: An evaluation of rehabilitation efforts

Ibis

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-37

  Underhill, Leslie G ^a   Bartlett, Peter A ^b   Baumann, Lukas ^e   Crawford, Robert J M ^c   Dyer, Bruce M ^c   Gildenhuys, Andre ^d   Nel, Deon C ^d   Oatley, Terence B ^a   Thornton, Meredith ^a   Upfold, Leisha ^c   Williams, Anthony J ^d   Whittington, Philip A ^a   Wolfaardt, Anton C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Natl Mar Info and Research Centre   (Namibia)

^c MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^d CAPENATURE   (South Africa)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS;

EID: 0032927234     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1999.tb04260.x     Document Type: Article

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